Atrocious
[ə'trəʊʃəs] or [ə'troʃəs]
Definition
(adj.) provoking horror; 'an atrocious automobile accident'; 'a frightful crime of decapitation'; 'an alarming, even horrifying, picture'; 'war is beyond all words horrible'- Winston Churchill; 'an ugly wound' .
(adj.) exceptionally bad or displeasing; 'atrocious taste'; 'abominable workmanship'; 'an awful voice'; 'dreadful manners'; 'a painful performance'; 'terrible handwriting'; 'an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room' .
(adj.) shockingly brutal or cruel; 'murder is an atrocious crime'; 'a grievous offense against morality'; 'a grievous crime'; 'no excess was too monstrous for them to commit' .
Checker: Natalia--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; as, atrocious quilt or deeds.
(a.) Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity.
(a.) Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers.
Editor: Moore
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Infamous, villanous, flagitious, heinous, felonious, flagrant, outrageous, enormous, grievous, diabolical, monstrous, infernal, hellish, horrible, black, very wicked.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Monstrous, nefarious, wicked, outrageous, villainous, enormous, shameful,heinous, cruel, flagrant, facinorous, flagitious
ANT:Laudable, noble, honorable, generous, humane, admirable, chivalrous
Edited by Lelia
Definition
adj. extremely cruel or wicked: heinous: very grievous: execrable.—adv. Atrō′ciously.—ns. Atrō′ciousness; Atroc′ity atrociousness: an atrocious act.
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Examples
- And they both groaned at the atrocious conduct of the elder Mr. Weller. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Dear me, this is too atrocious! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Ten thousand unthinkably atrocious deaths could not atone for the affront that you have put upon me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The atrocious name grated harshly on my ear, too. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Such an angel as YOU I am sure would, Mr. Dobbin said, with atrocious astuteness. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- What is the meaning of this atrocious intrusion upon my privacy? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And they received this glorious legacy like ill-bred heirs; it meant no more to them than a fresh occasion for atrocious disputes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Villainy is the matter; baseness is the matter; deception, fraud, conspiracy, are the matter; and the name of the whole atrocious mass is--HEEP! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This is the man who is called by Carlyle rabid dog, atrocious, squalid, and Dog-leech--this last by way of tribute to his science. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The atrocious monster! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She must have lost her mind to have assented to such an atrocious bargain. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It lay heavier on my breast than if I had been a most atrocious criminal, I dare say. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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